Before COVID-19 hit, women spent about twice as much time as men doing childcare and housework. That unequal gendered division of labor at home contributed to gender inequality in the workplace. — and to a persistent gender pay gap.
But is the pandemic now changing that dynamic? And if so, will those changes last?
Hosted by Brigid Schulte, Director, Better Life Lab at New America.
Guests include:
Dan Carlson, Assistant Professor of Family, Health and Policy at the University of Utah, and author of Men and Women agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Men are Doing More at Home.
Glen “Beleaf” Henry, an artist and rapper who documents life as a black father on his YouTube Channel, beleafinfatherhood and his TEDx Talk: What I’ve learned being a stay at home Dad.
Dan Herman, a full-time dad in New York who prior to COVID-19 was a high-lying tech executive.
Haley Swenson, Better Life Lab deputy director and author of the report, “Engaged Dads.”
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